80 FR 26988 - Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 90 (May 11, 2015)

This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for projects in Provo City and Orem City, Utah County, UT, and Tarrant County, TX. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental decisions by FTA on the subject projects and to activate the limitation on any claims that may challenge these final environmental actions.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26988-26989]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11313]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation 
Projects

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for projects in Provo City and 
Orem City, Utah County, UT, and Tarrant County, TX. The purpose of this 
notice is to announce publicly the environmental decisions by FTA on 
the subject projects and to activate the limitation on any claims that 
may challenge these final environmental actions.

DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising the public of final agency 
actions subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, United States Code 
(U.S.C.). A claim seeking judicial review of FTA actions announced 
herein for the listed public transportation projects will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before October 8, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577 or Terence Plaskon, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-0442. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken 
final agency actions by issuing certain approvals for the public 
transportation projects listed below. The actions on the projects, as 
well as the laws under which such actions were taken, are described in 
the documentation issued in connection with the projects to comply with 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and in other documents in 
the FTA administrative record for the projects. Interested parties may 
contact either the project sponsor or the relevant FTA Regional Office 
for more information on each project. Contact information for FTA's 
Regional Offices may be found at http://www.fta.dot.gov.
    This notice applies to all FTA decisions on the listed projects as 
of the issuance date of this notice and all laws under which such 
actions were taken, including, but not limited to, NEPA [42 U.S.C. 
4321-4375], Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of

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1966 [49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Act [16 U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q]. 
This notice does not, however, alter or extend the limitation period 
for challenges of project decisions subject to previous notices 
published in the Federal Register. The projects and actions that are 
the subject of this notice are:
    1. Project name and location: Provo-Orem Bus Rapid Transit, Provo 
City and Orem City, Utah County, UT. Project sponsor: Utah Transit 
Authority (UTA). Project description: UTA proposes to construct and 
operate a 10.5-mile long bus rapid transit project through Orem City 
and Provo City in Utah County. The project includes 18 stations, 
exclusive bus lanes, pedestrian ramp improvements, transit signal 
priority, and other necessary improvements. Final agency actions: 
Section 4(f) de minimis impact determination; Section 106 finding of no 
adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity; and Finding of No 
Significant Impact, dated March 27, 2015. Supporting documentation: 
Environmental Assessment, dated December 2014.
    2. Project name and location: TEX Rail Corridor Project, Tarrant 
County, TX. Project sponsor: Fort Worth Transportation Authority. 
Project description: The proposed project is 27.2 miles of commuter 
rail transit operating in an exclusive right-of-way with at-grade and 
aerial sections between downtown Fort Worth, west of the Texas and 
Pacific Station, and the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at the 
Terminal A/B Station. The FTA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the 
project on September 29, 2014. After issuance of the ROD, the project 
sponsor proposed two changes to the project's design. Specifically, the 
project sponsor proposed to implement two stations, which had been 
deferred, in the City of North Richland Hills, TX and to construct a 
separate equipment maintenance facility in the City of Fort Worth, TX, 
instead of developing a shared equipment maintenance facility with the 
Trinity Railway Express as described in the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) and ROD. After a re-evaluation of the three proposed 
changes, FTA determined that the environmental impacts associated with 
the project changes did not warrant a Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement. This notice only applies to the discrete actions taken by 
FTA at this time. Nothing in this notice affects the FTA's previous 
decisions, or notice thereof, for this project. Final agency actions: 
No use determination of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of 
no adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity; and Amended 
Record of Decision, dated April 16, 2015. Supporting documentation: TEX 
Rail Reevaluation of Project Changes, dated March 2015, and Final 
Environmental Impact Statement, dated May 19, 2014.

    Issued on: May 5, 2015.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
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